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UNITED STATES Iatented September 22, 1908..

LOUIE REINGARDT, OF COLO, IOWA.

STOCK-PEN,

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 739,507, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed February 2 1903. Serial No. 141,537. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIE REINGARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at 0010, in the. county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Pens, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a device intended, primarily, for confining poultry, hogs, and stock generally, but which may be used' as a corn-crib, rack, or analogous structure.

The essential feature of the invention is to combine with the framework novel means for rendering the same readily portable, so as to be shifted from .place to place, said means heing susceptible of use as braces after the structure has been moved to the required spot.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of .construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a structure embodying the invention, the samejbein g lowered so as to rest upon its feet, and the legs being turned into a position so as to act as within the purview of the invention and will depend upon the caprice of the constructor. As shown most clearly in Fig. 2, the framework is of skeleton form and comprises uprights or posts 1 and tie rods or bars 2 and 3. Inasmuch as the structure illustrated is of rectangular form, the posts 1, four in number,

provide a rigid structure. According to the particular use of the structure it may be closed at its top or sides, or both, this being an unessential feature of the invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the top of the structure is closed by a roof which will shed water and exclude sunlight and the sides are closed by a meshed fabric. In this connection it is to be understood that any material may be employed for closing the sides and top of the framework. When the structure is used as a pen, it is providedwith one or more troughs 5 for containing feed and water, said troughs being movable and attached to slides 6, shiftable upon the bars or rods connecting the corner-posts. Legs 7 are pivoted near their lower ends to the posts 1 and are supplied at their lower ends with caster-wheels 8. Chains or like connections 9 are connected at one end to the upper ends of the pivoted leg 7 and connected at the opposite end to drums 10, journaled to the framework at any convenient point, said drums being adapted to have crank-handles 11 fitted thereto. Ratchet-teeth 12, applied to the drums, cooperate with pawls 13 for holding the pivoted legs in an adjusted position. The chains or flexible connections 9 pass around direction-pulleys 14, applied to the posts 1 intermediate of their ends. Brackets 15 are applied to the corner-posts and receive the part of the pivoted legs, when turned into an approximately vertical position, by means of the drums 10.

It is preferred to employ independent drums-one for the legs at each side of the framework-thereby making provision for independent movement of the legs, so as to level the structure when required and likewise facilitating the lifting of the structure preliminary to moving it from one point to another. If preferred, the drums may be connected for simultaneous operation.

After the structure has been moved to the required position the drums are released from the pawls 13 and the legs 7 automatically turn to permit the frame to settle upon its feet, as indicated most clearly in Fig.1. For moving the structure the drums 10 are operated to wind up the chains or connections 9, thereby drawing the legs 7 into an I upright position and disengaging the feet from the ground, the

weight of the framework being received upon the caster-wheels, after which the structure may be shifted by the application of suflicient force to the structure to move it upon the caster-wheels as rotary supports. It is to be understood that the structure will be provided with suitable means of ingress and egress, according to the particular use of the device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a stock pen, crib or like structure, legs pivoted to opposite sides and provided at one end with rotary supports, a drum for each set of legs, flexible connections between the drum and said legs for transferring the weight of the structure to the rotary supports, and 

